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EDWARD syn-ART. OF NEW YORK. N. Y;

Letters Patent No. 77.488; dated May 5, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN recourse.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, EDWARD, H.HA11T, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Cufis; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled" in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings; forming part of this specification.

This'invention relates more particularly to that portion of wearing-apparel commonly called' cufisfcnd which are usually made of fur skins, eitherin whole or part. It is applicable also to leggings, whether of for or leather.. v l I 1 The invention'eonsists in securlngtogether the two ends of the fur,'sill or other 'st rip of which it end is made, so that the ends overlap by means of an India-rubber or other elastic band or cord, so applied as to be covered by the ends of the end, when the overlapping end is fastened down by means of an elastic or any other suitable fastening properly attached to the two ends. A modification of this invention consists in bringing the ends together by means of the elastic connection without overlapping.

By meansof the elastic connection between the ends ofa cufi', the cutl' is enabled to be freely drawn over I the hand into position upon the wrist, and when brought there, 'held with suflicient firmness to preventany acci dental detachment as it'is worn, the elastic band or connection allowing the end to yield, without; injury to the material of which it is composed. In the accompanying plate of-drawings my improvement inoufl's is illustrated- Figure being a perspective view of a call provided with an elastic connection according to the present invention. v Figures 2 and '3, sections taken'throughthe end from one side to the other. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. A, in the drawings, represents the central portion of a end, which, in'tho present instance, is made of silk, havingits .edges o'r sides bound with'fur strips, B, which nresewedor otherwise secured thereto. 7

D are the two ends to' the cuff, and by means of an elastic band, E, secured at each end thereof to the endstrip A rate e, a short distance from each of its ends, whereby theso' ends are connected together, so as to overlap, the one upon the otherj orithe elastic connection E mny be? replaced by elastic threads or cords let into a hollow hem at eaeh cnd of the fur or of the central strip, and secured at a short distance from the end, so as to hold the endritogether."

F, an elastic fastening-strap, secured atone end to the endof the overlapping portion 1); at its other,.pro-

vided with an eyelet-hole, H, by means c'fwhich it can beset over and engaged with the headed stud I, secured in the overlappedlportion or end, D,'for the purpose of fastening the overlapping end down upon the end, and thus'oovering: up or concealing from view the-elastic-band connection.

When the elastic-threads are used in place of-tho elastic-band connection E, the elastic fastening-strap serves when the two ends of the oufl lightly together A Erom theabove detail description of my improvement in' cnfl's, itis plainly obvious that the results hereinbefore statedare secured, and maybe usefully applied to leggings, whether partially or wholly 'of far, or leather,

or othermaterial.

' Having described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- A fur cufl',.provided with a'counecting elastic band, E, in combination \viththe elastic fastening-band F,

the whole arrapgedsubstantially as shown and described. t v The above specification of ray-invention signed by me, thisto'urth day of January, A. D. 1868.

' EDWARD H. HART.

Witnesses:

Assam W. Baown, Win. 0. SHAW. 

